Sarah Nowak, PhD

Associate Professor, Larner College of Medicine at UVM. I study (complex/social/dynamical/health) systems.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Made the move for real this time:
https://t.co/zuQAeGmXUX

[Gund Institute for Environment @GundInstitute]

"This is the best evidence yet that we have that producing your own food makes a difference."

In rural New England, home food production, from gardening to foraging to hunting, led to better food security up to a year later, new #UVM study finds.

https://t.co/GCGU3Bx9Jg

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@MaintenancePod Even my 10-year-old rolled her eyes when I said. "I'm sitting on the floor. I'm going to live to 100!"

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

How are Vermont parents and parents on BabyCenter thinking about antibiotics and antibiotic stewardship? Check out this video on work with @monthofmaija including a survey of parents through the Vermonter poll @CRS_UVM https://t.co/h45d3FzeJQ

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@TaraSetmayer They are one person in my mind.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Cat on the keyboard crisis averted.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Honored and excited to be participating in this workshop as an invited speaker!

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@cmclymer There's been a huge positive change in kids' clothing. Both my girls like hearts, rainbows, and dinosaurs. I remember taking our older daughter to the natural history museum and saw ~6 girls wearing the same print as my daughter because that's all there was.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Now, we are starting to see lower rates of screening women ages 40-49 and 75+ in many states. However, those states have also had declines in screening women ages 50-74. These women are most likely to benefit from screening.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

In 2009, the USPSTF issued controversial new guidelines around breast cancer screening. Only women ages 50-74 were recommended for routine screening with individual-decision making for other age groups.

[UVM Cancer Center @UVMcancercenter]

New @UVMResearch by Sarah Nowak, PhD shows the unintended consequence of revised mammography guidelines—fewer women in most at-risk age group are screened.

Since 2009, #Vermont had 2nd largest decline in at-risk screenings of any state.

👉https://t.co/aUhFEGcaBg
✍️@snowaking

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Screening rates were slow to change in response to the guidelines and many women ages 40-49 and 75+ continued to be screened routinely.

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@KimChi_Chic

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Where do the left gloves go?

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

How? Why!?! (and yes one is covered with a *lot* of dog hair)

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Kind of in awe of my kid's immune system. How is a kid who was in agonizing ear pain and semi-feverish last night absolutely bouncing off the walls this morning?

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@BcellD Don't let it fall in love with you. https://t.co/nrQC7OlPue

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

@josephmullins One of my favorite moments in undergrad was the Monday after the fall switch from daylight savings to standard time when the professor started the class with, "Where were all of you an hour ago when I needed you?!?"

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

To read more, check out the full paper in @SciReports here: https://t.co/q6IS6P12wx (7/7)

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, some (e.g., see the UK and Sweden) argued that we should let the disease spread to achieve herd immunity quickly. I became interested in understanding the conditions where a herd immunity strategy would make sense. (1/7)

[Sarah Nowak, PhD @snowaking]

We find a sharp transition between the mitigation and suppression strategies as evidenced by the sharp transition between small and moderate to large epidemic sizes. (6/7)